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jrm20

Posted 30 December 2005 - 02:22 PM

Seven!

Posted 30 December 2005 - 02:27 PM

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For a small fraction of that price you can get a great card, a Geforce FX 5200 (I've owned an XFX Geforce FX 5200 for a year) will play the game. The FX 5500 has more memory and a higher default clock speed. Either of those two graphics cards I've owned and overclocked the clock speed to 300MHz / 470MHz plus. (I use Coolbits to overclock).

If you want a bit more, look towards either a 6200 or, if you're not afraid to look into ATI, a Radeon 9600XT.

Posted 11 January 2006 - 02:28 PM

warriorscot

Posted 11 January 2006 - 03:16 PM

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You kinda do to play doom3 how its supposed to be a 5200 will not play it properly even on lowest settings and a 5500 generally stugles with it, very fast cards can have a slog with doom3 at times so i just wouldnt try playing it on a 5 series, and you can get better and newer cards than the 5200 and 5500 in the price range though so not much point in them.

6800GT is not produced anymore, it is based on 6800 card, it can not be overclocked well BUT can have quads and vertex units unlocked.6800GS is newer technology, emits less heat, can't be unlocked BUT can be overclocked very well and this is the card to get. Some say 6800GS is based on same technology as 7800 it just has quads and vertex units properly locked (in hardware, unlockable by RivaTuner).6800Ultra is probably old 6800GT just clocked even higher.

jrm20

Posted 12 January 2006 - 10:08 AM

The 6600gt is in the middle range still hardly holding on in that range.

The 6800 gs is actually the best bang for the buck right now for a gamer. They only run $190-$230 depending if you want stock speeds or overclocked.

The 6800gt is actually a one of a kind card. When it came out everyone had to buy it or either the ultra. Since it was an underclocked 6800 ultra, everyone went for it. The ultra was just 10% faster. The 6800gt is a fast card and you can still buy it. The 6800 gs would be the better one to buy because it is cheaper than the gt.

The 6800gt is actually a hardcore overclocker because I have one. My stock speeds was 350mhz/1.00 ghz

I have flashed the bios on mine to a ultra before and then flashed it back to the gt.

With the gt bios I have gotten to 425mhz/1.20ghz and still could of went a few more mhz. I usually keep it at 400mhz/1.20ghz and it does perfect with no artifacts and it doesnt get too hot. I have an aftermarket cooler called arctic cooler nv5 silencer rev3.

The 6600gt is an okay card but it isnt the best deal. The 6800gs is the best deal right now and it is twice as fast as the 6600gt for like 20-30 dollars more.

Something is wrong if you get a 6600gt 128mb for $195 when you can get a 6800gs 256mb twice as fast for same price or $10 more lol...